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succession, make up a brief
narrative history of the whole period.
1. EDWARD CHANNING: _The United States of America,
1765-1865_. New York: Macmillan Co., 1896.--Excellent survey of
conditions and causes.
2. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON: History of American Politics. 2d ed.
New York: Holt, 1890.--Lucid account of political events in brief
space.
3, 4. HENRY CABOT LODGE: George Washington (_American
Statesmen Series_). 2 vols. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
1889.--Covers the period 1732-1799.
5. JOHN T. MORSE, JR.: Thomas Jefferson (_American Statesmen
Series_). Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1883.--Covers the period
1750-1809.
6. CARL SCHURZ: Henry Clay, I. (_American Statesmen Series_).
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887.--Covers the period
1777-1833.
7. EDWARD STANWOOD: A History of Presidential Elections. 3d ed.
revised. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892.--An account of the
political events of each presidential campaign, with the platforms and a
statement of the votes.
8. SIMON STERNE: Constitutional History and Political Development
of the United States. 4th ed. revised. New York: Putnam's, 1888.--An
excellent brief summary of the development of the Constitution.
9. HERMANN VON HOLST: The Constitutional and Political History
of the United States. Vol. I. _1750-1833_. State Sovereignty and
Slavery. Chicago: Callaghan & Co., 1877.--Not a consecutive history,
but a philosophical analysis and discussion of the principal
constitutional events.
SCHOOL REFERENCE LIBRARY.
The following works make up a convenient reference library of
secondary works for study on the period of this volume. The books
should cost not more than thirty-five dollars.
1-9. The brief works enumerated in the previous list.
10. EDWARD CHANNING and ALBERT BUSHNELL HART. Guide
to the Study of American History. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1896.--A

classified bibliography, with suggestions as to methods.
11. 12. GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS: Constitutional History of the
United States from their Declaration of Independence to the Close of
their Civil War. 2 vols. New York: Harpers, 1889-1896.--Volume I. is a
reprint of Curtis's earlier History of the Constitution, in two volumes,
and covers the period 1774-1790.
Chapters
i.-vii. of Volume II. come down to about 1830.
13. RICHARD FROTHINGHAM: The Rise of the Republic of the
United States. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1872.--A careful study of
the progress of independence, from 1750 to 1783. Indispensable.
14. SYDNEY HOWARD GAY: _James Madison (American
Statesmen Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1884.
15. JUDSON S. LANDON: The Constitutional History and
Government of the United States. A Series of Lectures. Boston:
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889.--The only recent brief constitutional
history, except Sterne.
16. HENRY CABOT LODGE: _Alexander Hamilton (American
Statesmen Series)_. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
1882.
17. JOHN T. MORSE, JR.: _John Adams (American Statesmen
Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1885.
18. JOHN T. MORSE, JR.: _John Adams (American Statesmen
Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1882.
19-21. JAMES SCHOULER: History of the United States of America
under the Constitution. New ed. 5 vols. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.,
1895.-- This is the only recent and complete history which
systematically covers the whole period from 1783 to 1861. The style is
very inelegant, but it is an excellent repository of facts. Vols. I.-III.
(sold separately) cover the period 1783-1830.
22. WILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANE: _The French War and the
Revolution (American History Series)_. New York: Scribners,
1893.--Covers the period 1700-1783.
23. FRANCIS A. WALKER: _The Making of the Nation (American
History Series)_. New York: Scribners, 1894.--Covers the period
1783-1817.

LARGER REFERENCE LIBRARY.
For school use or for extended private reading, a larger collection of the
standard works on the period 1750-1829 is necessary. The following
books ought to cost about a hundred and fifty dollars. Many may be
had at secondhand through dealers, or by advertising in the _Publishers'
Weekly_.
Additional titles may be found in the bibliographies at the heads of the
chapters, and through the formal bibliographies, such as Foster's
References to Presidential Administrations, Winsor's Narrative and
Critical History, Bowker and Iles's _Reader's Guide_, and Channing
and Hart's Guide.
1-23. The books enumerated in the two lists above.
24-32. HENRY ADAMS: History of the United States of America. 9
vols. New York: Scribners, 1889-1891.--Period, 1801-1817. Divided
into four sets, for the first and second administrations of Jefferson and
of Madison; each set obtainable separately. The best history of the
period.
33. HENRY ADAMS: _John Randolph (American Statesmen Series)_.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1882.
34-43. GEORGE BANCROFT: _History of the United States, from the
Discovery of the American Continent_. 10 vols. Boston: Little, Brown
& Co., 1834- 1874.--Vols. IV.-X. cover the period 1748-1782. Of the
third edition, or "author's last revision," in six volumes (New York:
Appleton, 1883-1885), Vols. III.-VI. cover the period 1763-1789. The
work is rhetorical and lacks unity, but is valuable for facts.
44. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT and SYDNEY HOWARD GAY:
A Popular History of the United States. 4 vols. New York: Scribners,
1876-1881.--Entirely